Google Testing New Minimalistic AdSense Ad Unit
The folks at WebmasterWorld are discussing a new ad unit some of them are seeing in their AdSense spots. They are calling it a minimalistic ad unit because it is so bland…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 25, 2016
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
No Google Penguin 4…
Google AdWords Testing Purple Ad Label
Ross from Paid Insights informed me on Twitter that he is now seeing the ad label from Google AdWords in purple, not the yellow or green colors.
Here are some pictures he sent me:
He is/was seeing the purple color on both desktop and mobile sear…
Google AdSense Now Supports Filipino Language
Google announced this morning on Google+ that Google AdSense now supports Filipino language.
Filipino is the native language in Philippines with 45 million native speakers…
Google: We Don’t Have A Bandwidth Ranking Signal
Google’s Paul Haahr, one of the most knowledge people around the Google ranking signals…
Old Inside Street Views On Google Maps Are Not Easy To Remove
I recently found two threads in the Google Maps Help forums asking about how one can delete their inside street views for their business…
No Google Penguin 4.0 On World Penguin Day
Today is officially World Penguin Day, I am not joking, see worldpenguinday.com. So of course…
Earth Day Logos From Google, Bing & Others
Today is Earth Day and Google, Bing, Ask.com, Dogpile and others have special logos and themes up for the special day. They actually do this every year including last years Google pop quiz…
Google: The Next Penguin Update May Be The Last
Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter yesterday that this may be the last Penguin update. He said “it’s likely there won’t be next one,” referring to the next Penguin update.
Google: Don’t Worry Too Much About Page Speed
I see so many SEOs always cite the page speed of a site when it comes to why a site may not rank that well. Truth is, from what I understand, the only way page speed impacts a site’s rankings in Google is if the site is unbearably slow…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google PageRank, Penguin, Link Spam & Map Ads
This week in search, I covered how Google totally killed off the Toolbar PageRank feed. I also covered that Gary Illyes said the next Penguin update may…
Google’s Purple Rain Doodle For Prince Music
If you visit Google’s home page on Google.com USA, you will see a purple Google logo that is raining. It is to honor Prince who unexpectedly passed away today at the age of 57.
Google News Now AMP Ready
The Google News blog announced Google News is now amplified, meaning…
Google To AdWords Advertisers: Google Maps Is Now Part Of Core Search
Google sent an email to many of their AdWords advertisers yesterday telling them changes are coming to their search ads on Google Maps. We saw some of those changes yesterday with ads in the local finder results. But more changes are coming…
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Google Analytics iOS App Gets New Look, Better Sharing, Customized Reports & More
The Google Analytics app has been updated for iOS to version 3.0, and 3.0 comes with many changes. The new version has a brand new look and feel, making it easier to find more data…
Google TV Search Adds Search By Show To Find Channels Or App
Google announced they are adding to their TV search capabilities by adding which channels and apps are live broadcasting/streaming a specific show…
Google AdWords Order IDs Now In AdWords Conversion Tags For Better Conversion Metrics
Google announced on Google+ that they have added a new feature named Order IDs that allow you to add a unique identifier into your AdWords conversion tags to help reduce duplicate conversion data…
Google: Recover From A Manual Action? You Still May Have To Recover From An Algorithmic Penalty
In the Google Hangout this past Friday on Google+ with John Mueller, John discussed how manual actions and algorithmic penalties are different…
Google Maps Local Pack Showing Obvious Duplicates Listings
I love the Local Search Forum because these SEOs are so knee deep into the local search results that it is amazing what they pick up on. One local SEO said she thought that Google had a handle on not showing duplicate listings in the local pack…
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Android GoogleBot Smartphone User-Agent Did Go Live This Week
A month ago we reported that Google is dropping the iPhone user agent for the Android version and that would happen on April 18th.
I actually checked this morning to see if the Google Search Console removed the “upcoming” version so webmasters can che…